Dreaming in the World's Religions: A Comparative HistoryFrom Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting Pharoh’s dreams in Egypt to prayers against bad dreams in the Hindu Rg Veda, cultures all over the world have seen their dreams first and foremost as religiously meaningful experiences. In this widely shared view, dreams are a powerful medium of transpersonal guidance offering the opportunity to communicate with sacred beings, gain valuable wisdom and power, heal suffering, and explore new realms of existence. Conversely, the world’s religious and spiritual traditions provide the best source of historical information about the broad patterns of human dream life |
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... question, to which we'll return in a moment. As a matter of historical fact, however, this book will show that dreams have played a powerful, complex, and dynamic role in the world's religious and spiritual traditions. Putting the same ...
... an impossible question to answer . Either way , the historical relationship between the two is strong and clear and worth exploring in more detail . Histories The next step in this scholarly ritual of introductory definitions.
... question needs to be addressed . What , if anything , does the science of sleep tell us about dreaming ? Sleep is an instinctive process rooted in basic biological functions , whereas dreams are memories of imagined experiences . Are ...
... question of their ultimate metaphysical connection.5 6 Continuing forward on that basis, let us turn to a second area of contemporary scientific research: dream recall. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, almost all researchers ...
... question arises : Do animals dream ? We currently have no means of proving it one way or the other , just as we have no way to determine whether human fetuses and newborns are genuinely dreaming before they develop the ability to speak ...